I might also say that, perhaps taking this question on from another angle, that a developer's job is not truly done until someone else can modify and maintain this code without speaking to the original developer.
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I would agree in general, though while there are exceptions to my view, there are exceptions to this one as well. There are times when taking on a lot of technical debt makes sense. A cash crunch is one of them. No one will be modifying or maintaining the code if the company goes under. Maybe if it's a popular open source project, but even then it needs an evangelist.
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I might also say that, perhaps taking this question on from another angle, that a developer's job is not truly done until someone else can modify and maintain this code without speaking to the original developer.
I would agree in general, though while there are exceptions to my view, there are exceptions to this one as well. There are times when taking on a lot of technical debt makes sense. A cash crunch is one of them. No one will be modifying or maintaining the code if the company goes under. Maybe if it's a popular open source project, but even then it needs an evangelist.